Female Ejaculation Pathway

Since the beginning of the 4th century in China, many scholars have questioned how women are able to ejaculate. As reported by the Independent page, Thursday (10/16/2017), written by doctoral candidates at Queensland University James Sherlock, about 10 to 40 percent of women secrete involuntary fluid (spontaneous uncontrolled thoughts) when orgasm. Then, this liquid ranges from 30 to 150 ml, although it does not rule out the possibility that the amount could be more. Long before, thinkers such as Aristotle and Hippocrates also pondered the origin of "female sperm" and the release of women.

During the excitation phase of the sexual response cycle somatogenic and psychogenic stimuli arouse female arousal through the same nerve pathways that occur in men.

However, scientific explanations related to this mysterious phenomenon only emerged in 1904 when psychologist Havelock Ellis revealed that ejaculation in women was similar to semen and came from the Bartholin gland, two pea-sized glands responsible for secreting vaginal lubricating mucus.

Nearly 50 years later, Ernest Gräfenberg opposed Ellis's opinion. He revealed that female ejaculation was not related to lubrication. He concluded after observing women who masturbate, and noted that ejaculation is more common with palpation of the erogenous zones in the front wall of the vagina known as the G-spot. Gräfenberg argues that female ejaculation is a secretion of the intraurethral gland located below the G-spot. He also insisted that the liquid was not urine. In 1982, a researcher conducted a chemical analysis to determine female ejaculation. From here, a clearer picture emerges.

This study shows a clear difference between fluid that is excreted during orgasm and urine. The result, female ejaculation comes from the Skene gland, equivalent to a female prostate. However, the scientific research community is divided, some do not agree with the above research conclusions and this has led to new debates. Some still question the existence of the G-spot. While others question the difference in how much amount of fluid a woman can expel.

A study in Le Chesnay, France was published online at the Wiley Online Library (12/24/2014) by Samuel Salama with his colleagues. They tried to resolve this long debate. They made a study combining ultrasound images with a chemical analysis of women's high ejaculation volumes. The subjects were seven women who reported that their ejaculatory fluid was equivalent to a glass of water.

The participants were asked to give a urine sample and then undergo an ultrasound (USG) examination to ensure the bladder was empty. They are then asked to start sexual stimulation and after being aroused are asked to undergo a second ultrasound. At this point, women are asked to reach the point of orgasm and ejaculation. The ejaculation sample is then collected and the final ultrasound process is performed. Not surprisingly, the first ultrasound showed that the bladder was empty. When the second ultrasound is performed, when the woman is nearing orgasm, the bladder is significantly filled. The last ultrasound again showed that the bladder was empty. This shows that female ejaculation, for the most part, is urine. The biochemical analysis of the liquid proved the above hypothesis in the two women studied. However, in five other women, the analysis showed that the fluid released also contained prostate-specific androgen (PSA) originating from the Skene gland.

The researchers concluded that these results strongly support the hypothesis that female ejaculation is accidental urine emissions, while the presence of PSA is the residue from actual female ejaculation. However, of course this is still where the initial research and there are many questions that have not been answered. For example, are the two forms of excretion exclusive or overlapping one another? Then, what are the implications for personal and sexual health? An international survey of women who ejaculated found that four out of five women claimed that ejaculation enriched their sexual lives. However, if ejaculation is felt to be disturbing, the researchers recommend urinating immediately before and during sexual activity.

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